La Tuque Airport

CYLQ · Quebec, Canada

Climate La Tuque Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of C J.H.L.(Joe) Lecomte) Heliport (CYOY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.8 40 65 64 55 55
February 63.9 65 71 58 69 54
March 72.7 65 78 67 77 71
April 69.3 67 70 82 76
May 80.5 86 76 83 85
June 77.5 63 75 74 84
July 79.4 63 84 80 71
August 78.5 57 70 75 75
September 74.2 65 63 74 73
October 70.5 62 86 75 66
November 61.7 54 69 56 69
December 64.7 62 72 55 56
Average 70.3 60.4 67.2 70.9 72.7 71.4

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.3 83 82 70 74 85
February 81.6 87 83 82 80 71
March 87.1 91 86 83 90 80
April 84.8 92 81 94 87
May 93.9 100 90 93 96
June 89.7 84 91 86 93
July 89.6 85 92 94 81
August 91.8 80 91 91 89
September 88.3 84 85 90 87
October 85.9 80 95 92 80
November 80.2 77 89 77 81
December 81.1 93 85 76 81
Average 86.7 87.7 85.5 86.0 87.3 85.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -7.5 -7 -5 -11 -5 -5
February -5.9 0 -5 -7 -4 -4
March 1.0 4 2 -1 3 2
April 7.8 9 8 12 7
May 17.2 16 19 18 18
June 21.2 22 20 24 24
July 24.8 25 25 24 26
August 23.4 21 23 26 23
September 18.9 20 18 19 18
October 12.2 15 15 14 10
November 2.2 1 3 4 5
December -4.4 -5 0 -3 -1
Average 8.4 -1.5 10.6 9.0 11.0 10.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -16.3 -14 -12 -21 -12 -14
February -16.7 -11 -11 -16 -17 -17
March -9.4 -3 -5 -8 -10 -8
April -2.5 2 1 0 -3
May 5.0 7 8 5 4
June 9.6 13 12 12 10
July 13.7 18 15 12 16
August 13.4 16 16 15 12
September 8.7 13 10 9 6
October 3.0 8 4 4 2
November -6.9 -5 -3 -4 -4
December -13.3 -8 -5 -13 -9
Average -2.9 -9.5 3.8 0.7 0.1 -1.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.9 29 26 25 29 16
February 22.0 16 23 35 20 24
March 15.9 13 19 34 14 15
April 19.0 22 25 13 15
May 10.0 10 14 9 7
June 13.1 26 19 16 8
July 7.2 19 11 5 11
August 8.1 21 17 3 10
September 11.3 16 13 13 15
October 16.1 18 12 8 22
November 23.0 30 27 15 19
December 20.8 38 27 20 22
Average 16.2 17.2 20.9 21.5 12.7 14.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.0 4 3 5 5 5
February 5.7 5 4 5 6 6
March 6.5 7 5 6 7 6
April 6.8 6 8 7 7
May 6.5 8 6 6 7
June 5.7 5 6 6 6
July 5.1 4 6 6 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 4.5 4 6 5 5
October 5.0 4 5 5 5
November 5.2 5 5 5 5
December 4.7 3 6 5 4
Average 5.5 5.3 4.9 5.6 5.5 5.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 215° 279° 289° 276° 266°
February 274° 138° 300° 253° 257°
March 256° 307° 274° 275° 295°
April 247° 007° 126° 272°
May 322° 240° 289° 283°
June 125° 152° 246° 213°
July 241° 239° 255° 207°
August 232° 216° 250° 255°
September 182° 309° 272° 264°
October 231° 215° 145° 291°
November 274° 279° 256° 286°
December 150° 286° 270° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.